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silverchair - "Paint Pastel Princess" (Bass Tab)
>From the album "Neon Ballroom"
Transcribed by Kyle Caldwell and Benny Schmerr
Notes:
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1. The song is downtuned, with a drop D - all the strings except the "E"
string are tuned
down a half-step (one fret), and the E is tuned down 1 and a half steps.
The "E" string
is then C sharp, the "A" string is then A flat etc...
2. Riff 1 may have some picking errors, as it it very hard to accurately
transcribe the
rhythm of one repeating note.
3. If you are not sure about any part of the song, the approximate timings
shown below
might help.
4. There are no guarantees that this tab is accurate - it is unofficial.
However, I personally
am very sure that this tab is nearly 100% accurate.
Riff Order:
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Fill 1 x 1 (0:15)
Riff 1 x 1 (0:18)
Riff 2 x 4 (0:41)
Fill 1 x 1 (1:04)
Riff 1 x 1 (1:10)
Riff 2 x 4 (1:32)
Riff 3 x 5 (1:55)
Riff 4 x 3 (2:18)
Fill 2 x 1 (2:26)
Riff 5 x 4 (2:28)
Riff 6 x 4 (2:45)
Fill 3 x 1 (3:03)
Fill 4 x 2 (3:18)
Riff 3 x 4 (3:28)
Riff 4 x 2 (3:51)
Riff 2 x 3 (3:57)
Fill 5 x 1 (4:14)
Fill 1:
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|5|
|-|
Riff 1:
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|5--5--5---5--5--5-5---5--5--5---5--5--5-/---8--8--7---7-7---7-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 1 (cont):
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|5--5--5---5--5--5-5---5--5--5---5--5--5-/---8--8--7---7-7---7-/---8--8--10---10-10--10|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 1 (cont):
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|5--5--5---5--5--5-5|
|-------------------|
Riff 2:
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|2---2-2---4---5------------------|
|------------------0---0-0---2---4|
Riff 3:
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|0---2---7---7-7---7---0---2---7---5---5--5|
Fill 2:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0|
|0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0----------------------------------------|
Riff 4:
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|6---6--6--6----6--6--0--0|
Fill 2:
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|6--6--6|
Riff 5:
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|3--5--7--7--0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0|
Riff 6:
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|3--6--4--1--0---0-0-0---0-0-0----0-0|
Fill 3:
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|3--6--4--1|
Fill 4:
|----|
|----|
|----|
|0--0|
Fill 5:
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|2---4---5---------------2|
|------------0---2---4----|
"Heaven send hell away and no one sings like you anymore..."
-Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
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Frubescu Average |
#1 by Frubescu at May 6, 1972 at 6:28 PM EST |
| This is my second favorite silverchair song, just so u know, my first is Untitled, hehe I love the volcals to it, and I read it was about addiction to anti-depressants. How it makes u feel numb 'But its all the same to me' | |
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William Wanna Be |
#2 by William Poop at Mar 3, 1977 at 1:35 AM EST |
| this is by far my favourite silverchair song, it is so close to home, i love it dearly its about being on anti-depressants. "bo and aropax" (aropax was the anti-d dan was on) play on words to - bo and arrow another play on words is And it's too tense, camp out (nonsense) two tents, camp out chris and ben used to camp allot and daniel wasnt into that, but i guess he felt left out. 'But it's all the same to me' i think the song is a story, and to its all the same to daniel because the anti-d's leveled it all out. no highs no lows - all the same | |
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Tim Wanna Be |
#3 by Tim at Oct 25, 1979 at 7:19 PM EST |
| such a great song =) so sad tho..its about when u go on medcation everything feels the same..and its confussing a lot of his fears...daniel thinks that he sounds really nervous in the track but i can't tell..maybe its only because i'm a silly american and i can't tell the difference cuz of his accents (which i don't cringe but happen to find very cute =) ) | |
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chris Average |
#4 by chris rowley at Jun 5, 1994 at 5:30 AM EST |
| diorama is an awesome cd | |
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Neal Average |
#5 by Neal Chuenprateep at Jun 11, 2000 at 7:07 AM EST |
| This is probably one of the best Silverchairs songs. I wish they would have continued to make music because judging from the way this cd sparked a craze, they would have been huge. I love their lyrics and how passionate they were about the music. Listen and Feel. | |
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dan Average |
#6 by dan worgan at Jan 15, 2002 at 3:24 AM EST |
| I get the anti-depressant thing, but does anyone know what he means by paint pastel princess?, is it some girl, an ideal girl that never worked out, or a metaphor for an ideal life? | |
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Paul Average |
#7 by Paul Givlin at Aug 17, 2002 at 3:10 AM EST |
| YES! thanku rubberduckie, i have found sum1 who feels the same. when you r put on anti-depressants it makes the level of happy hormones (serotonin) in ur brain constant. this means you can never be very depressed.....and u can never be very happy | |
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Stoner Average |
#8 by Stoner Punk at Jan 17, 2003 at 1:49 AM EST |
| this is by far my favourite silverchair song, it is so close to home, i love it dearly its about being on anti-depressants. "bo and aropax" (aropax was the anti-d dan was on) play on words to - bo and arrow another play on words is And it's too tense, camp out (nonsense) two tents, camp out chris and ben used to camp allot and daniel wasnt into that, but i guess he felt left out. 'But it's all the same to me' i think the song is a story, and to its all the same to daniel because the anti-d's leveled it all out. no highs no lows - all the same | |
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Rhys Average |
#9 by Rhys at Feb 4, 2003 at 10:35 PM EST |
| Ive liked silverchair since Freak Show came out...hehe this is my favorite song | |
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troy Average |
#10 by troy worden at Jun 2, 2005 at 11:55 PM EST |
| this song is the most amazing one they've ever written to me...lyrically, astounding....vibrantly connected to my life. at first i didn't like it, but after i really listened to it and realized what it was saying...it described my life and me....and, yes i do agree with the other brit or aussie dude...americans focus too much on how big the artist/s are...if their music is incredible and influential, that's all that matters. yes...i'm american. | |
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Duncan Musical Genius |
#11 by Duncan Jones at Feb 20, 2006 at 9:24 AM EST |
| oooh bo and arrow of course that makes sense lol that lyric has had me confused for years... i knew aropax was his anti-depressant... god im so dumb lol | |
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Ronan Average |
#12 by Ronan at May 20, 2006 at 1:37 PM EST |
| My favourite Silverchair song, i love the creative tuning and the chorus is awesome. It sounds so... soo im not sure theres a word for it but its to good for words | |
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Ian Professional |
#13 by Ian Murphy at Sep 28, 2007 at 12:51 PM EST |
| oh, I forgot, the part when he says 'Crave cocaine cop shows' I actually thought it said 'Crave cocaine capsules' Until I read the lyrics to it, weird... This is also my fav song from Neon Ballroom | |
